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Family Camp
For part of our vacation we wanted to attend an old-fashioned campmeeting like Lyle and I remember going to when we were kids. There aren’t many around any more, but we had heard about Mode Camp in Illinois where some of our college friends attend, so we had made arrangements to spend a few days there.The campground is somewhat primitive…
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Missouri
Another on-the-road day. We traveled from Kansas to Illinois, so spent most of the day in Missouri. It was familiar territory to Lyle and me, but the girls were impressed with the “big” rivers. They’ve seen the Missouri River in Montana, but it’s not this wide up there.Remember how much fun it is to spell “M-I-crooked letter-crooked letter-I-crooked letter-crooked letter-I-humpback-humpback-I”?I…
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Kansas Sunset
We have enjoyed a few days in Kansas visiting with Lyle’s family… good meals, good fellowship, shopping for bargains, cuddling babies, playing with cousins, chasing barn cats, fun in the sun…
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Kansas
This was one of our longer days on the road. We drove across much of Colorado and Kansas. We stopped in Garden City to eat lunch with a former pastor… and got to Lyle’s brother’s house near Wichita in the early evening. His parents and a few other relatives joined us for supper.
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Pikes Peak
The highlight of our trip so far was a drive to the summit of Pikes Peak… something Lyle has been wanting to do for a long time. See, he’s a very serious driver! For him the experience was all about the drive… the view was just a side benefit!It was cloudy when we started, so we wondered if there would…
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Colorado
We enjoyed the diverse scenery across northwestern Colorado. I was amused at the “Welcome to Colorful Colorado” sign as we crossed the state line from Utah. The only colors I could see at that time were gold and sage green! Not exactly shades I think of as particularly “colorful”!But we soon got into a more lush region driving along rivers…
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Northern Utah
We are still enjoying the rugged scenery of the American west.Today’s pictures were taken through the windshield, as we didn’t stop much.This leg of our trip took us from Twin Falls, Idaho to Vernal, Utah.We got to our RV park late in the afternoon and are enjoying a relaxing evening. We’ll have a longer drive tomorrow.
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Eastern Idaho
Today we traveled south through eastern Idaho, through the Sawtooth National Recreation area. We spent the night in this rest area on the continental divide along the Idaho/Montana state line. (We had to drive east to Montana, then turned south, which took us back into Idaho again. Idaho is shaped funny, in case you hadn’t noticed!) It was 58 degrees…
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There and Back Again – An Adventure
“An inconvenience is only an adventure wrongly considered; an adventure is an inconvenience rightly considered.” ~G.K. Chesterton The past couple of weeks have been, to say the least, an adventure! Last Tuesday I bought plane tickets for my daughters and to fly to Louisiana for my grandmother’s funeral. We left on Thursday. Due to such short notice, the cheapest tickets…
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Family Time in Louisiana
I love living in the Northwest, but my roots are in the South. It has been 14 years since I have been to Louisiana, so in spite of the circumstances I am thoroughly enjoying my time here. I had forgotten (or maybe just didn’t appreciate before) how good the food is! We got here Friday morning and so far I…
